5273.49 Bequest of Prof. E. A. Sophocles. 22 Jan. 1887. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by R. F. PENNELL, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son. PREFACE. I HAVE Written this manual because I felt the need of a book that contained, in clear and concise language, the outlines of the Latin Subjunctive for preparatory schools. If a boy, under a competent teacher, learns thoroughly the principles herein laid down, he will have enough insight into the subject to read intelligently any Latin author he will meet with before his Sophomore year in college. I think, too, under proper teaching, he will be able to write a grammatically correct Latin sentence. I wish here to say a word about writing Latin. Far too little attention is given to it in our preparatory schools; and, worse than that, the student is generally tied down to some composition book, where meaningless sentences are heaped together, tiresome. alike to both teacher and pupil. Let the student learn the Latin tongue as the Romans themselves used it, and from the pages which he is reading. A book of Cæsar, studied with care, and memorized if time allows, will advance the beginner more than any manual for writing Latin. |